As per regulations framed under the Indian Medical Council Act-1956 as amended in 2018 and the Dentists Act-1948 as amended
in 2018, NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) – 2018 (NEET-UG-2018) will be conducted by the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in India in Medical/Dental Colleges run with the
approval of Medical Council of India/Dental Council of India under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of India except for the institutions established through an Act of Parliament i.e. AIIMS and JIPMER Puducherry.

Following is stated in the regulations :-
a. There shall be a single eligibility cum entrance examination namely, National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to
MBBS/BDS courses in each academic year.
b. In order to be eligible for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses for a particular academic year, it shall be necessary for a candidate
to obtain minimum marks in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test‟ held for the said academic year besides obtaining
minimum prescribed marks at the qualifying examination.
c. The reservation of seats in Medical/Dental colleges for respective categories shall be as per applicable laws prevailing in
States/Union Territories. An All India Merit List of the eligible candidates shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained
in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission in MBBS/BDS courses from the said lists only.
d. No candidate who has failed to obtain the minimum eligibility marks as prescribed by the Medical Council of India/Dental
Council of India shall be admitted to MBBS/BDS Courses in the said academic year.
e. All admissions to MBBS/BDS courses within the respective categories shall be based solely on marks obtained in the National
Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (UG).
f. The Central Board of Secondary Education shall be the organization to conduct National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for
admission to MBBS/BDS courses.

NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) will be conducted on 6th May, 2018 (Sunday) from 10.00 AM to 1.00
PM. The duration of test will be 3 hours.

PATTERN OF NEET (UG)
(a) Pattern of the Entrance Test:-
The Entrance Test shall consist of one paper in all languages containing 180 objective type questions (four options with single
correct answer) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine gradable
sheet using Ball Point Pen provided by CBSE at examination centre only.
(b) The duration of test would be 03 hours.
(c) Language of the Question Papers:-
i) Candidates can opt for Question Paper in either of the following languages:
(As per letter no. C.18018/05/2015- MEP/Me.IV(Pt.1) dated 10.08.2017 received from MoH & FW.)
ENGLISH, HINDI, ASSAMESE, BENGALI, GUJARATI, KANNADA, MARATHI, ORIYA, TAMIL, TELUGU & URDU
ii) Option of medium of Question Paper should be exercised while filling in the application form and the option once
exercised by candidates cannot be changed later.
iii) Candidates opting for English would be provided Test Booklet in English only.
iv) Candidates opting for Hindi would be provided Bilingual Test Booklet i.e. in Hindi and in English.
v) Candidates opting for regional languages would be provided Bilingual Test Booklet i.e. in selected regional language and
in English.
vi) In case of any ambiguity in translation of any of the questions, its English version shall be treated as final.
vii) Option of regional languages will only be available as per following details:-
S.No. Medium of Question Paper Examination Centres
1. English and Hindi All Examination Centre Cities
2. English & Assamese Examination Centre Cities in Assam
3. English & Bengali Examination Centre Cities in West Bengal and Tripura
4. English & Gujarati Examination Centre Cities in Gujarat, Daman, Dadar & Nagar Haveli
5. English & Kannada Examination Centre Cities in Karnataka
6. English & Marathi Examination Centre Cities in Maharashtra
7. English & Oriya Examination Centre Cities in Odisha
8. English & Tamil Examination Centre Cities in Tamil Nadu
9. English & Telugu Examination Centre Cities in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
10. English & Urdu All Examination Centre Cities

CENTRES CITIES FOR ENTRANCE TEST
(a) List of cities where the NEET (UG) - 2018 will be conducted is given at lat
(b) All the Candidates i.e. Indian, NRI, OCI, PIO and Foreigner should select three Convenient City Codes for the entrance test list below
(c) Candidates must ensure that they should select the centre in their state of residence or in neighbouring city only and not in far
away cities in other states. In case, instructions are not complied with, CBSE may allot the centres different from the choice
given or cancel the candidature.
(d) In case, the number of candidates opting for a city as centre is less, Board reserves its discretion not to fix the centre in that
City.
(e) In case, the number of candidates opting for a city as centre with regional language (other than English and Hindi) is less,
candidates opting same regional language may be allotted centre in one city irrespective of the city opted by the candidates for
appearing in examination.
(f) The candidates who have passed or appearing in class XII examination from the State of J&K, Assam and Meghalaya (if not
having Aadhaar Card) and registering themselves with other valid Government Identity number, should select the city of
examination in these States only.
(g) Though, every effort will be made to allot a centre in one of the city selected by the candidate, yet the Board reserves its
discretion to allot a centre other than the candidate‟s choice.
(h) Allotment of centre is made by Computer and there is no human intervention. Under no circumstances the choice of centre
cities filled in the application form by the candidates and the allotted centre shall be changed by the Board

Eligibility for appearing in NEET (UG) is as stipulated in Indian Medical Council Act-1956/Regulations as amended in 2018 and
the Dentists Act-1948/Regulations as amended in 2018. Eligibility as per related regulations is as follows:-
(a) He/she has completed age of 17 years at the time of admission or will complete the age on or before 31st December of the
year of his/her admission to the 1st year MBBS/BDS Course.
(b) The upper age limit for NEET(UG) is 25 years as on the date of examination with relaxation of 5 years for the candidates
belonging to SC/ST/OBC category and persons entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,
2016.
(c) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) &
Foreign Nationals are eligible to appear in NEET (UG)-2018.
(As per letter no. U.12023/16/2010-ME-II dated 13.01.2016. of MoH & FW)

ELIGIBILITY FOR SEATS UNDER THE CONTROL OF STATES/ DEEMED UNIVERSITIES/CENTRAL
UNIVERSITIES /SEATS OF ESIC & AFMC INCLUDING BHU & AMU/CENTRAL POOL QUOTA
(a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) &
Foreign Nationals are eligible for admission in Medical/Dental Colleges subject to rules and regulations framed by the
respective State Governments, Institution and the Government of India.
(b) Foreign nationals may confirm their eligibility from the concerned Medical/Dentals College/State.

ELIGIBILITY FOR 15% ALL INDIA QUOTA SEATS
(a) Indian Nationals, Non Resident Indians (NRIs), Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs), Persons with Indian Origin (PIOs) &
Foreign Nationals are eligible for 15% All India Quota Seats.
(b) Candidates from State of J & K
(i) Students from State of J & K are NOT ELIGIBLE for 15% all India quota seats as State of J&K has opted out of All
India Scheme since its inception. If they claim eligibility, they must submit online Self Declaration which will be
generated and printed automatically alongwith confirmation page for the record and to present during counselling. The
draft self-declaration is given in Appendix – III.
(ii) The online Self Declaration of the candidates will be verified at the time of counselling and if found to be false at any
time, the candidature/admission of such candidates shall be cancelled and criminal proceedings may be initiated against
them.
(iii) Candidates from the State of J & K can appear in NEET (UG) for admission to Private Medical/Dental Colleges or any
Private/Deemed University and Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune subject to the fulfilment of eligibility
conditions.
(iv) The Government of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana vide their letter no.13021/C1/2016 dated 06.11.2017 & letter
no.7072/C1/2017 dated 07.11.2017 respectively have informed that Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of
Telangana have decided to join and contribute to the All India Quota seats. Accordingly, the candidates of these States
have also become eligible for 15% All India Quota seats (As per letter No. F.No. V.26012/05.2017-MEP/MEC dated
10.01.2018, Directorate General Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India)

ADMISSION AND RESERVATION
An All India Merit List of the qualified candidates shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the NATIONAL
ELIGIBILITY CUM ENTRANCE TEST (UG) and candidates shall be admitted to MBBS/BDS courses from the said list only by
following the already existing reservation policy. CBSE will provide All India Rank. Admitting Authorities will invite
applications for counselling and merit list shall be drawn based on All India Rank by the Admitting Authorities. Admission to
MBBS/BDS Courses within the respective categories shall be based solely on marks obtained in the National Eligibility Cum
Entrance Test. The admitting/counselling authorities will draw merit list of the candidates in the respective categories
declared by the candidates at the time of applying for admission/counselling.

(a) RESERVATION OF SEATS IN GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGES UNDER 15% ALL INDIA QUOTA:
(i) 15% seats are reserved for SC candidates,
(ii) 7.5% seats are reserved for ST candidates,
(iii) 27% seats as per Central Act are reserved for non-creamy layer OBC candidates only in Central Educational Institutions.
Reservation would be applicable to the castes mentioned in the Central list of OBC. Thus, the candidates falling in this
list may mention OBC-NCL in the Category Column in application form. Candidates from creamy layer and those who
do not come under Central List of OBC are advised to mention their category as Unreserved (UR).
(iv) Differently abled candidates as per MCI guidelines are:
Persons having Bench Mark disabilities and entitled for reservation under the Rights of Persons with Disability Act,
2016, 5% seats of the annual sanctioned intake capacity shall be filled up by candidates with Bench Marked Disabilities
in accordance with the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 based on the merit list of
“National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test”. For this purpose, the specified disability contained in the schedule to the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is available at Appendix-XIV. If the seats reserve for the persons with
disabilities in a particular category remain unfilled on account of unavailability of candidates, the seats should be
included in the Annual Sanctioned Seats for the respective category. Detailed information in this regard is available on
the website of Medical Counselling Committee – www.mcc.nic.in and on website of the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare – www.mohfw.nic.in
Candidates who considered themselves eligible for this category are advised to ensure their eligibility by getting
themselves examined at any Government Medical College/District Hospital/Government Hospital. However, candidates
may kindly note that in case of selection under PH category, they will be required to produce Disability Certificate from
one of the disability assessment boards, constituted at the four metro cities, mentioned below, before their scheduled
date of counselling:
 Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, Ansari Nagar, Ring Road, New Delhi-110029
(Tel No.011-26190763 & 26163072)
 All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hazi Ali Park, K. Khadya Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai400034
(Tel No.022-23544341)
 Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, 244, Acharya J.C. Bose Marg, Kolkata-20 (Tel No.033-
22235181)
 Madras Medical College, Park Town, Chennai-600003 (Tel No.044-25305301)
(v) Reservation will be made as per 2200 point reservation roster. The mode of implementation of reservation will be
available on DGHS website-www.mohfw.nic.in.
(b) ADMISSION IN STATE MEDICAL COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTIONS/PRIVATE MEDICAL
COLLEGES FOR SEATS OTHER THAN 15% ALL INDIA QUOTA.
(i) Admission under State Quota Seats shall be subject to reservation policy and eligibility criteria prevailing in the
State/Union Territory as notified by the respective State/Union Territory from time to time.
(ii) The reservation of the seats in medical colleges for respective categories shall be as per applicable laws prevailing in
State/Union Territory concerned.
(iii) Admission to MBBS/BDS Courses in Private Medical Colleges shall be subject to policies of the Government of
India/State/Union Territory.
(c) ADMISSION TO DEEMED UNIVERSITIES/CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES/SEATS OF ESIC AND AFMC
INCLUDING BHU AND AMU
(i) Admission to Deemed Universities/Central Universities/seats of ESIC including BHU and AMU will be conducted by
DGHS and reservation policy will be as per rules and regulations of the concerned University or Institution.
(ii) Admission to AFMC, Pune shall be subject to the norms prescribed by the Directorate General of Armed Forces
Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Candidates who apply for NEET (UG) –2018 and also
seeking admission in AFMC will also have to apply to AFMC on www.afmc.nic.in / www.afmcdg1d.gov.in. The short
listed candidates will be required to appear for a second stage Screening Test conducted by AFMC. Candidates are
advised to contact AFMC for further and exact details. The counselling will be conducted by DGHS.